First of all great game, I love it. Is there a way to get explorers faster? I usually play as England or France and I usually end up a good 50 years behind the country I am not playing! Is there a bug? The other country has almost all of the N. American coast colonized while I am just then getting an explorer. Its a little frustrating.
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that sounds weird. Having played england and france often, i usually get my explorers around 1510 or so. by then only parts of central america are colonized by spain. But then again this is historically accurate.
As for getting explorers quicker, I'm sure that editing a *.csv of some type would do the trick.
Hint: if you want to play a colonization game, go with Spain or Portugal
As for getting explorers quicker, I'm sure that editing a *.csv of some type would do the trick.
Hint: if you want to play a colonization game, go with Spain or Portugal
A tip I found out is to change your options so that when you get a new leader it displays it in a message box. The first game I played as england I had no clue that there was an explorer sitting in my home fleet until about the mid 1500's.
The best thing for England to do early on is to steal or trade maps. And make good use of your early explorers. Later on, with higher tech levels and more frequent explorers/conquistadors you'll easily uncover the rest.
Apparently the explorers are based around the historical characters so Spain and Portugal get a big head start while England have to make do with the Cabot's as explorer until nearly the Elisabethen age and they don't last long.
The advantage of this is that it's more real to the time which is really just saying that some countries have natural advantages over the others.
My best advice is to get your first explorer across the Atlantic via the Azores (I think it's the safest route) and head for the US coast but try to get him back for at least one more trip. Once you have found land you can set up trading posts which are cheaper than settlers and in the early days you're probably a bit cash strapped. They will, in any case, improve your chances of settling when you have more settlers and money.
Later on in the game you'll probably find yourself getting
a settler each year and you're also likely to have already got more information from gaining the Spanish and Portuguese maps. Often these will be gained from ships during the course of naval battles. This will give you plenty of places to set up trading posts and settlements for later.
If you have problems getting into a war with the Spanish try changing to Protestant if you're English. It might be a bit scary to start with and you will be lucky to come out of the mess completely unscathed but trust me, it's better in the long run. To improve your navy's chances in battle also try to get to level 5 technology before the war.
I guess the problem of getting into a war with Spain is unlikely to be great if you're playing France.
In the long run settlements are better than trading posts since they will normally give you ports at which you can dock your ships. Try to have at least one in North America and in Southern Africa by c1550 ready for a new batch of explorers to arrive just before the Elisabethen era.
After that, I've got no clue. I've only got to 1557
The advantage of this is that it's more real to the time which is really just saying that some countries have natural advantages over the others.
My best advice is to get your first explorer across the Atlantic via the Azores (I think it's the safest route) and head for the US coast but try to get him back for at least one more trip. Once you have found land you can set up trading posts which are cheaper than settlers and in the early days you're probably a bit cash strapped. They will, in any case, improve your chances of settling when you have more settlers and money.
Later on in the game you'll probably find yourself getting
a settler each year and you're also likely to have already got more information from gaining the Spanish and Portuguese maps. Often these will be gained from ships during the course of naval battles. This will give you plenty of places to set up trading posts and settlements for later.
If you have problems getting into a war with the Spanish try changing to Protestant if you're English. It might be a bit scary to start with and you will be lucky to come out of the mess completely unscathed but trust me, it's better in the long run. To improve your navy's chances in battle also try to get to level 5 technology before the war.
I guess the problem of getting into a war with Spain is unlikely to be great if you're playing France.
In the long run settlements are better than trading posts since they will normally give you ports at which you can dock your ships. Try to have at least one in North America and in Southern Africa by c1550 ready for a new batch of explorers to arrive just before the Elisabethen era.
After that, I've got no clue. I've only got to 1557
Also don't forget that the English will catch up once they change religions; once they go Protestant, they can quickly play catch up in the exploration race as they get more settlers than the Catholics in Spain and Portugal....
Spain and Portugal do get a substantial edge in the beginning, but this evens out once you get deeper into the game...
Ciao,
Paul
Spain and Portugal do get a substantial edge in the beginning, but this evens out once you get deeper into the game...
Ciao,
Paul
How do you use an explorer? I remember I got a message saying some guy is awaiting my command somewhere, but I couldn't see where he was.
Explorers show up onboard a new navy with warships in one of your ports -- the message tells you where. Something like, 'A New Leader! Smith is now available in Anglia.' They're used like any other navy, except they move a lot faster, can explore 'Terra Incognita', and lessen attrition.
beggar,
Make sure that you have the messages telling you when new leaders arrive set so that they have pop-up boxes. Then, you can check out each leader and examine him to find if he's an explorer or not.
Make sure that you have the messages telling you when new leaders arrive set so that they have pop-up boxes. Then, you can check out each leader and examine him to find if he's an explorer or not.